For the Sega Saturn rerelease, see Sega Ages After Burner II . For Western home computer versions see After Burner (home computers)
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After Burner II
System(s): Sega X Board , Sega Mega Drive , FM Towns, NES, PC Engine, Sharp X68000
Publisher: Sega , Dempa (JP), Sega (US/EU), NEC Avenue , Sunsoft , Tengen
Developer: Sega AM2 , Dempa , Bits Laboratory , Sunsoft , Tengen
Peripherals supported: XE-1 AP
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up
Number of players: 1
Release
Date
RRP
Code
JP
1987
¥?
?
US
1987
$?
?
UK
1987
£?
?
JP
1989
¥?
?
US
1989
$?
?
JP
1990-03-23
¥6,9006,900
T-17013
US
1990-07[1]
1104
EU
1991-04
1104
AU
199x
CA
199x
BR
1991-06[3]
After Burner II (アフターバーナーII) is an update for After Burner , developed by Sega AM2 in 1987. This version adds three new stages, allows the player to change the fighter's speed during flight, and makes other gameplay and sound changes.
History
Legacy
The original After Burner was only ported to the Sega Master System , all other versions, despite what their box arts may say, are actually ports of After Burner II . This includes the NES and Sharp X68000 versions, as well as the PC Engine and Sega Mega Drive ports, which are clearly labeled "After Burner II ". With the exception of the NES version, all of these ports have After Burner II depicted on their title screens.
Tengen took Sunsoft 's port of After Burner II to the Famicom and heavily modified it into an unlicensed After Burner for the NES (there are still some remnants of the old version, such as the sound test ).
After Burner II also saw release as part of the Sega Ages: Volume 1 compilation on the Sega Saturn , and is playable within Shenmue II .
Production credits
X Board version
The credits given in interviews:[4]
The arcade version of After Burner II has no detailed credits screen, but instead aliases of the developers are seen on the backs of clothing in the ending sequence:
Kio , Yu , Bo , Kim , Hiro , Asu , MK , Bin , Mr , Sada , Ken
NES version
Program Director: Hiro-kun
Program: Hiro-kun, Suzuki Kun, Luckyasada
Art Director: Iwata Kun
Music: Kodaka San , Morota San
Hard Ware: A.T
Special Thanks: Don Gavacho, Erica, Yoko Chan
Director: Cho Musow
Marketing: Eguchan, Masato♥Kun, Kozawa, Norichan
Presented by...: Sun Electronics Corporation
Source : In-game credits
PC Engine version
Source : In-game credits
E. Producer: 崎尾 誠
Programmer: 金山 素志 (Bits)
Director: 高原 保法
Sound: 磯田 健一郎 , 磯田 重晴
Graphic: 宮崎 暁 (Bits)
Analog Drv: 召田 英紀
Still: 山下 賢一
Special Thanks: 清水 真佐志 (Bits), 松田 浩二
Producer: 多部田 俊雄
Source : JP manual[5]
Magazine articles
Main article: After Burner II/Magazine articles .
Promotional material
Sharp X68000 JP print advert
Physical scans
X Board version
Mega Drive version
Sega Retro Average
Publication
Score
Source
ACE (UK)
69
№49, p78[2]
Ação Games (BR)
75
№2, p18-19[7]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP)
90
№1990-04, p107[8]
Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP)
77
№, p83[9]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
90
№4, p26[10]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
95
№103, p102-103[11]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
74
№1, p17[12]
Famitsu (JP)
73
№97 , [1]
Games-X (UK)
70
№17
Hobby Consolas (ES)
92
№1, p70[13]
Joystick (FR)
79
№6, p80[14]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
61
№5, p90
Mega (UK)
35
№17, p64-65
MegaTech (UK)
85
№1, p45[15]
MegaTech (UK)
90
№1, p76[16]
Mean Machines (UK)
90
№8, p40-42[17]
Player One (FR)
92
№8, p40[18]
Sega Power (UK)
86
№18, p44
Sega Power (UK)
80
№23, p52
Sega Pro (UK)
85
№1, p18[19]
Sega Pro (UK)
66
№18, p64
Zero (UK)
90
№9, p74
Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart
Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart
Manual
Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart
Mega Drive, CA
Cover
FM Towns version
FM Towns, JP
Cover
NES version
NES, US
Cart
NES, JP
Cart
Manual
PC Engine version
PC Engine, JP
Card
Sharp X68000 version
Sharp X68000, JP
Cover
Disk 1
Disk 2
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
✔
CRC32
ccafe00e
MD5
75458e38c278f61c06dabacc744b5fe1
SHA-1
523e4abdf19794a167a347b7eeca79907416e084
512kB
1989-12
Cartridge (US/EU)
✔
CRC32
4ff37e66
MD5
bcb26dc14405b4c909d46626f9eec01f
SHA-1
8f1e6a3e83094e5d0e237d6a1ffcc87171595ea5
512kB
1989-12
Cartridge (JP)
✔
CRC32
f2ce3641
MD5
90569abf1e02215e77daeb20cf0b4351
SHA-1
bcd6794579a743211cf96a306eb97e74a0c33ef6
384kB
Cartridge (JP)
✔
CRC32
f699ee7e
MD5
05a060c597e1e5dc251a4ad309eced65
SHA-1
56c3d55654d0e837082978505653f6e1e0d52d6f
384kB
Cartridge (US)
(Unl)
?
CRC32
ca72a828
MD5
ac0cdee014e725e428fde5774751ff8d
SHA-1
50b9d22fe5179aee5cb95022472714ef8483841f
512kB
Card (JP)
References
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↑ File:After Burner II PCE HuCard JP Manual.pdf, page 6
↑ GamePro , "September 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 71
↑ File:AcaoGames BR 002.pdf, page 18
↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1990-04.pdf, page 109
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↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega , "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 14
↑ ACE , "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-08), page 108
↑ Aktueller Software Markt , "Mai 1990" (DE; 1990-04-30), page 71
↑ Beep! MegaDrive , "April 1990" (JP; 1990-03-08), page 109
↑ The Complete Guide to Sega , "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 44
↑ Console XS , "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 126
↑ Cool Gamer , "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 8
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 , "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 286
↑ Famitsu , "" (JP; 1990-0x-xx), page 1
↑ Game Mania , "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
↑ Games-X , "15th-21st August 1991" (UK; 1991-08-15), page 38
↑ Hobby Consolas , "Octubre 1991" (ES; 1991-xx-xx), page 70
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming , "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 90
↑ Mega Drive Fan , "August 1990" (JP; 1990-07-07), page 73
↑ Mega , "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 65
↑ Mega Play , "November/December 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 28
↑ Mean Machines Sega , "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137
↑ Power Play , "6/90" (DE; 1990-05-11), page 123
↑ Score , "Březen 1995" (CZ; 1995-03-01), page 1
↑ Sega Power , "May 1991" (UK; 1991-04-04), page 44
↑ Sega Power , "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 52
↑ Sega Pro , "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine , "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Tilt , "Septembre 1990" (FR; 1990-0x-xx), page 100
↑ Tricks 16 bit , "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 6
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment , "September 1990" (US; 1990-0x-xx), page 62
↑ Zero , "July 1990" (UK; 1990-0x-xx), page 74
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↑ Power Play , "12/90" (DE; 1990-11-16), page 164